Poor Paintbrush Performance on Vista
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From: SiamJai on 17 Jun 2008 07:49 [q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]wwarby[/b][/b][/i] Hi all, I have a pretty decent laptop (Dual core 2Ghz Intel, 2GB ram) which I recently "upgraded" from XP to Vista. Amongst many, many woes that have ensued from this dubious decision is the fact that paintbrush tools in Fireworks have become slow to the point of being unusable. With no other apps running, I open a blank canvas and select the paint tool and draw a line across the canvas and the line trails behind the cursor like it's in no rush to get anywhere. After I let go of the mouse button it takes a good 5 seconds for the line to finish drawing. This problem didn't exist when I had XP installed. I'm on the latest release of Fireworks (9.0.1) and the latest service pack for Vista. Painting is fine in Photoshop and I have not seen any other obvious problems in Fireworks. Unfortunately, the paintbrush is one of those tools I just can't do without. Help! -William[/q] It's a known bug, but there are ways to work around the issue. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=14&catid=19 3&threadid=1270292 lists some of those. Hope that helps, SiamJai ~~~~ http://design.thaiwonders.com - Innovative Fireworks & Game Art Community
From: wwarby on 17 Jun 2008 08:04 Ah, thanks. I did search for a solution but I was obviously using the wrong keywords. The workaround works, it's just annoying that you can't see the edge of your brush. At least it makes the app usable though ;)
From: SiamJai on 17 Jun 2008 10:00 No problem. :-) The good news is that this issue is going to be fixed in Fireworks CS4 (supposedly), so there is something to look forward to. :-)
From: P on 17 Jun 2008 15:29 I don't post here very often, but came to ask about a frustrating problem - and then my eye just happened to fall on this post, which describes my problem in exact, precise detail. :-) I'll try the posted workaround. But this seems like a pretty huge thing to call a "bug", isn't it? One of the main functions of the program basically doesn't work at all? -- Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com Free Articles on the Business of Web Development Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate Worksheet -- "wwarby" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:g383lk$gg1$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Hi all, > > I have a pretty decent laptop (Dual core 2Ghz Intel, 2GB ram) which I > recently > "upgraded" from XP to Vista. Amongst many, many woes that have ensued from > this > dubious decision is the fact that paintbrush tools in Fireworks have > become > slow to the point of being unusable. With no other apps running, I open a > blank > canvas and select the paint tool and draw a line across the canvas and the > line > trails behind the cursor like it's in no rush to get anywhere. After I let > go > of the mouse button it takes a good 5 seconds for the line to finish > drawing. > This problem didn't exist when I had XP installed. I'm on the latest > release of > Fireworks (9.0.1) and the latest service pack for Vista. Painting is fine > in > Photoshop and I have not seen any other obvious problems in Fireworks. > Unfortunately, the paintbrush is one of those tools I just can't do > without. > Help! > > -William >
From: P on 17 Jun 2008 15:40
Ok, I've read the thread and I see that it's already a pretty big issue. I'm a little confused because I don't think I have the "Aero" setting in Vista - but I'm not sure where to look for it. Any help would be appreciated. I did "Turn off Brush-size painting cursors", which seems to be working. Since there were at least 4 workarounds suggested in that thread, I'm not sure which one is best.. -- Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com Free Articles on the Business of Web Development Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate Worksheet -- "P(a)tty Ayers ~ACE" <signup1REMOVE(a)ayersvirtualREMOVE.com> wrote in message news:g393ah$loi$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... >I don't post here very often, but came to ask about a frustrating problem - >and then my eye just happened to fall on this post, which describes my >problem in exact, precise detail. :-) > > I'll try the posted workaround. But this seems like a pretty huge thing to > call a "bug", isn't it? One of the main functions of the program basically > doesn't work at all? > > > -- > Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com > Free Articles on the Business of Web Development > Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate Worksheet > -- > > "wwarby" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message > news:g383lk$gg1$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... >> Hi all, >> >> I have a pretty decent laptop (Dual core 2Ghz Intel, 2GB ram) which I >> recently >> "upgraded" from XP to Vista. Amongst many, many woes that have ensued >> from this >> dubious decision is the fact that paintbrush tools in Fireworks have >> become >> slow to the point of being unusable. With no other apps running, I open a >> blank >> canvas and select the paint tool and draw a line across the canvas and >> the line >> trails behind the cursor like it's in no rush to get anywhere. After I >> let go >> of the mouse button it takes a good 5 seconds for the line to finish >> drawing. >> This problem didn't exist when I had XP installed. I'm on the latest >> release of >> Fireworks (9.0.1) and the latest service pack for Vista. Painting is fine >> in >> Photoshop and I have not seen any other obvious problems in Fireworks. >> Unfortunately, the paintbrush is one of those tools I just can't do >> without. >> Help! >> >> -William >> > |